Al Faleh Educational Holding to list on QSE Venture Market on April 13
07 Apr 2021 - 10:37
The Peninsula
Al Faleh Educational Holding (a Qatari Public Shareholding Company), with commercial registration number 71150 ( Company ) has obtained the approvals of the Qatar Financial Market Authority and the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) to list its shares on the venture market of Qatar Stock Exchange (“QEVM”) on April 13.
The Company will be the first educational company to be listed on the QEVM. The Company is the first company in the Arab world to be founded and chaired by a Qatari woman, Dr. Sheikha Aisha bint Faleh Al Thani (pictured), and to be listed on a stock exchange.
Horniman Museum makes Benin Bronzes repatriation pledge to end injustice
The UK s regional museums have increasingly adopted a policy of repatriating artwork taken from Nigeria
Artefacts taken from Benin City could be returned
Benin Bronzes will be made available for repatriation by the Horniman Museum as it seeks to address hurt and injustice .
In 1897 British forces seized artworks created for royalty in the Kingdom of Benin, present-day Nigeria, and they have been the focus of renewed calls for repatriation from around 150 museums worldwide following Black Lives Matter protests.
National intuitions like the British Museum are legally bound to retain objects, but regional museums in the UK have begun adopting a policy of repatriation after the University of Aberdeen pledged to return a bronze Oba (king) statue in March.
A London Museum Has Put Forth a Plan That Could Make It the Next Institution to Repatriate Benin Bronzes
The Horniman Museum and Gardens in London is home to 15 Benin Bronzes.
April 7, 2021
Benin bronze, Head of a King (Oba), probably 1700s. Deaccessioned by the Fine Arts Committee and Board of Governors, fall 2020. Photo courtesy of RISD.
The Horniman Museum and Gardens in London is the latest in a growing number of institutions to take steps toward repatriating the Benin Bronzes. In a policy document published last month, the museum’s board set out clear procedures for communities of origin to file requests for objects, and expressed a willingness to engage with them.
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Will Scottish university s return of bronze bust to Benin start a trend?
Mr Neil Curtis, head of museums and special collections at the University of Aberdeen, with a bronze sculpture depicting a king of Benin acquired at auction by the Scottish university in 1957.PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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